Monday's earthquake in Afghanistan devastated mountain villages in a region already hard-hit by hunger, drought and war

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A German doctor from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) works at an emergency medical station set up at the town of Nahrin in Northern province of Baghlan on 27 March 2002. Some 1,800 people are feared killed by the earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale which hit the region located some 175 km North of Kabul.

A German doctor from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) works at an emergency medical station set up at the town of Nahrin in Northern province of Baghlan on 27 March 2002. Some 1,800 people are feared killed by the earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale which hit the region located some 175 km North of Kabul. (AFP photo)

A young girl stands among the debris of her family house which was destroyed by the earthquake in the Hafiz Bachah Valley on the outskirts of the town of Nahrin in the Northern province of Baghlan.

A young girl stands among the debris of her family house which was destroyed by the earthquake in the Hafiz Bachah Valley on the outskirts of the town of Nahrin in the Northern province of Baghlan. (AFP photo)